Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 20
Commissioner & Secretary for School Education & SCERT, F P Solo today stressed on the need to cultivate healthy lifestyle and healthy habit to protect and preserve the environment.
“Our environment is changing so much and we are also are doing a lot of harm to our environment,” Solo said while addressing Earth Day celebration 2016 under the theme “Caring Mother Earth.” The event was organized by Government Polytechnic Kohima (GPK) in association with Key Foundation, New Delhi and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India here at GPK premises.
Touching on climate change and its impact on the environment, Solo said there is felt the need to do something urgently. It is our responsibility to protect and preserve our environment for the future generation, he said.
“We have seen global warming, climate change, melting of iceberg, rising of the sea level, cyclonic storm devastating effect in north east in few days, heat wave, shortage of drinking water especially in Latur district of Maharashtra, floods, mudslides, landslides,” Solo pointed out while adding that all these posed devastating and disastrous effect on human lives.
Attributing the effects of climate changes to humans and human activities,” Solo stressed on the need to reverse the trend by doing something to protect and preserve the environment.
“All of us, all our behavior, all our actions, all our activities have some impact on our environment, Solo said. In our own ways if we do something positive now we will be able to improve our environment and preserve it for future generations, he added.
To do that, Solo emphasized on the need to cultivate healthy lifestyle and healthy habit because our habit and lifestyle will have a lot of impact on our environment.
Solo also suggested to go for more organic food, less meat, more vegetables, more fruits, less junk food, more physical activities, less driving, avail public transport system rather than private vehicles, plant more trees, dispose waste properly.
He said all these small activities can contribute a lot to the improvement of the environment.
“Let us remind ourselves of the responsibility and the need to do something to improve our environment,” he urged.
